The Gothamista x Boxwalla Box: Renée's Winter Luxuries

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Boxwalla has a really special December Beauty Box in store for you! Boxwalla's eco-luxe beauty boxes are an extraordinary value, and the products themselves are nothing short of spectacular. Their carefully curated cruelty-free green beauty boxes are a tremendous value, with steep discounts, and they feature truly covet-worthy luxurious, and sustainably crafted beauty products.

According to Boxwalla,

The Skincare Subscription Box from Boxwalla is the best beauty box subscription curated for the luxury-loving skincare enthusiast. In our skincare subscription boxes, you will discover the most effective & innovative plant-based beauty products that redefine luxury skincare. By showcasing not only the benefits of each product we feature but also demonstrating how they can be incorporated into your skincare routine, we help you figure out how to take care of your unique skin needs.

The December Beauty Box, The Gothamista x Boxwalla Box: Renée's Winter Luxuries, is an exquisite collaboration between Gothamista x Boxwalla.

Cost to Subscribe: $59.95 (or $49.95 with the three- or six-month prepaid subscription plans). For a limited time, get the Lovinah Ocean Rituals Cleansing Balm free with the 6-month prepaid plans.

Each Beauty Box contains (Retail value $296.00):

• Saro De Rue x Gothamista Essence (full size, 3.38 oz. $68.00)
• WYLYS Double Rose Luminizer Revitalizing Oil Serum (full size, 1.01 oz. $188.00)
• Gothamista x Pink Moon Custom Jade Gua Sha ($40.00)

About: This collaboration between Boxwalla and Renée Chow from Gothamista, features three extraordinary products that offers the perfect way to pamper your skin during the winter months, and to really slow down and enjoy the beautiful ritual.

Saro De Rue x Gothamista Essence (full size, 3.38 oz. $68.00): This beautiful essence is a wonderful collaboration between Mimi Kim, a licensed sports nutritionist and aesthetician, and Renée Chow, a skincare enthusiast and influencer. This essence is a brightening and hydrating gem that offers skin barrier protection, skin immunity boosting and it plumps fine lines. It is silky smooth to the touch, and this ultra-luxe essence functions as a hydrating toner that is mindfully massaged into the skin, and leaves skin soft, smooth, supple and ready for the glorious WYLYS Double Rose Luminizer Revitalizing Oil Serum.

According to Saro De Rue,

Mimi Kim & Renée Chow worked together to craft their dream formula with enhanced black ginseng and Hanbang Medicinal Herbs to create the limited edition Essence. 

Essence is the skincare essential your skin's been waiting for.  With the benefits of a hydrating toner and serum in one, this enriched formula quickly absorbs, leaving skin feeling fresh, radiant, healthy. Essence is created for every skin type, every age, gender, skin type and skin condition. 

Essence fuses ancient Chinese Medicine practices and techniques, with modern science for the perfect blend of East meets West skincare. A holistic approach combined with innovative science to create a product that produces game-changing results, while being gentle on your skin and the planet. This essence is unlike any other. Crafted using the rarest, most potent ingredients, ancient Korean techniques, and hanbang herbs.

The foundation of our Essence is Black Ginseng, a treasured Korean medicinal herb 

used for centuries for its power to heal, regenerate and enliven. The intense technique used to create it plus its powerful properties make Black Ginseng one of the most celebrated ingredients in Korean skincare.

Directions: After cleansing apply ample amount to palm of hand. Massage onto face & neck in an upward motion. Wait until fully absorbed and follow with a moisturizer.

Ingredients: Panax Ginseng Root Water (62%), Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide (4%), Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium PCA, Hydroxyethylcellose, Propanediol, Lycium Chinese Stem Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Extract, Lycium Chinese Fruit Extract, Artemisia Vulgaris Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Melisa Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract, Scrophularia Buergeriana Root Extract (50ppm), Panax Ginseng Root Extract (50ppm), Betaine, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Zinc PCA, Maltodextrin, Persea Gratissimia (Avocado) Fruit Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Ceramide NP, Ceramids NS, Cholesterol, Phytosphingosine, Ceramide AS, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP.

Key Ingredients:

• 62% Black Ginseng Water
• 6 Kinds of Hanbang - traditional Korean Medicinal Herbs 
• 4% Niacinamide
• Upcycled Red Ginseng Extract
• Upcycled Goji Berry Stem and Fruit Extract
• Upcycled Avocado Peptide
• 3 Lipids: Ceramides, Cholesterol, Fatty Acid
• 2 NMF: Sodium PCA & Zinc PCA

WYLYS Double Rose Luminizer Revitalizing Oil Serum (full size, 1.01 oz. $188.00): As a huge proponent of luxury face oils, I was elated to try this gorgeous mid-weight oil that sumptuously melts into the skin. Used after the Saro De Rue x Gothamista Essence, this ultra-luxe oil, with its stunning light herbal/floral aroma, leaves skin hydrated, soft, smooth and supple. It has an unparalleled silky texture, and it never leaves behind a greasy residue. It effectively softens the appearance of fine lines, leaves skin with a luminous glow, and it is a true joy to use. This is one of the most lovely face oils that I have tried in the last decade, and I simply cannot underscore the extent to which this is a delight to use, and that it delivers tangible and visible results.

According to WYLYS,

The Double Rose Luminizer is a vitamin-rich complex of pure rose and cold-pressed essential oils (rosehip, lavender, and geranium) that revitalizes depleted or dehydrated skin. Richly nourishing yet lightweight, this oil gently glides over the skin with just a few drops that easily absorb to provide an immediate, dewy glow. It reinforces a weakened outer layer, diminishing the appearance of fine lines and catalyzing the deeper collagen-renewal process.

Features:

• Great for: All Skin Types, especially Delicate, Sensitive or Reactive Skin.
• Skin Concerns: Fine Lines, Dryness, Dehydration, Lack of elasticity, Acne-prone.
• Scent: Herbaceous, delicate, floral.
• Texture: Luxurious oil that feels light and silky, not greasy.
• Makes Skin Look & Feel: Radiant, supple, and revitalized.

Directions: Cleanse and tone. Apply a small quantity (2-3 drops) of oil to fingertips, then apply the digito-pressure technique—holding fingers straight while gently exerting pressure across the face to massage and ease application of the oil.

Ingredients: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Rosa Rubiginosa (Rose Hip) Seed Oil*, Evening Primrose Oil*, Geranium Flower Oil, Rosa Damascena (Rose) Flower Oil*, Pimenta Acris (Bay) Leaf Oil, Salicornia Herbacea Extract, Lavandula (Lavender) Stoechas Extract, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil *organically grown.

Active Ingredients and Their Attributes:

Organic Rosehip Seed Oil: to provide antioxidants and essential fatty acids that hydrate, lock in moisture, brighten, and protect skin from UV damage.

Organic Rose Flower Oil: to act as a humectant and draw water within the skin, while also tightening and clarifying pores.

Calendula Oil: to hydrate and add suppleness to the skin, while also lessening redness and soothing irritation.

Organic Primrose Oil: to increase elasticity, radiance, and help skin cells retain moisture.

Salicornia Herbacea Extract: to strengthen the skin barrier, increase skin repair and recovery, and provide deep moisture.

Gothamista x Pink Moon Custom Jade Gua Sha ($40.00): Pink Moon, which was founded by Lin Chen, a Reiki Healer, collaborated with Renée Chow to create this gorgeous custom jade Gua Sha. This beautiful Gua Sha, when incorporated into your skincare routine, helps reduce inflammation of the face, relieves muscle tension, and it also helps to relieve the severity and frequency of headaches. It is such a luxurious way to help encourage lymphatic drainage, decrease puffiness and improve elasticity. Plus it feels amazing and gives me an incredible sense of wellbeing.

Features:

• Your new favorite self-love and wellbeing essential for pampered, healthy skin.
• It encourages lymphatic drainage, moves stagnant energy, and helps relieve tension/discomfort (pain, headaches, sinus pressure).
• Gua Sha is a 4,000 year old Traditional Chinese Medicine holistic health massage.

Overall Assessment: This is a box really worth getting before it sells out a second time, and the magical products are among the most incredible that I have used this year. This box is the perfect way to slow down, engage in self-care and pamper and nourish your skin. Boxwalla did an incredible job closing out 2023 with one of the most impressive beauty boxes imaginable. This is the perfect gift for yourself, or for the skincare loving people on your holiday list. A+

Cost to Subscribe: $59.95 (or $49.95 with the three- or six-month prepaid subscription plans) from Boxwalla (Affiliate Links). Free U.S. Shipping Always. Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own. 

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Boxwalla October Beauty Box: The Logic of Finding Fine Things (Sneak Peek)

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Boxwalla's eco-luxe beauty boxes are an extraordinary value, and the products themselves are nothing short of spectacular. Their carefully curated cruelty-free green beauty boxes are a tremendous value, with steep discounts, and they feature truly covet-worthy luxurious, and sustainably crafted beauty products. 

The October Beauty Box | $49.95: A Beauty Box for the luxury loving skincare nerd, this box lets you experience the most effective and exquisite beauty products that harness the potency of plant-based ingredients. The last date to subscribe is October 5.

- Bi-Monthly Delivery

- Free U.S. Shipping

- Effective Plant-based Ingredients

- Always Cruelty-Free

The Boxwalla October Beauty Box is themed: The Logic of Finding Fine Things

There are two brands in this Box: Naturallogic Skincare and  Fine Cosmetics and three full-sized products.  Retail Value: $181.

Both the brands create absolutely beautiful, innovative products, with unique delightful textures. And they just melt and work with the skin.

1) Naturallogic UnMask Detox Hydration Mask (full size, $58)

2) Naturallogic Elemental Advanced Hydration Red Wine Essence (full size, $58)

3) Fine Cosmetics Daytime Radiance Eye Serum (full size, $66)

The first product in the box is Unmask Detox Hydration Mask (full size, $58). This a gorgeous mask that works hard to ‘unmask',  so to speak, your best skin! Made in a hydrating base of aloe vera juice and geranium distillate, the combination of activated charcoal, AHA complex, niacinamide, hemp seed oil, cranberry fruit extract, chamomile extract (and more!), both deeply cleanses & refines the skin, while also hydrating, healing & restoring the skin! A special kind of magic!

The Founder: Naturallogic was created by Toni Barandon, who is a trained nutritionist & herbalist, creating fresh, vibrant skincare that is wonderfully effective. Fans of Toni’s work will already know that Toni uses in-house biofermentations, extracts &oil infusions in the incredible products she formulates.

Toni describes the amazingness of Unmask perfectly when she says that Unmask has:

* The gentle, deep clean of a cleansing oil.

* The pore purge and refining of a clay mask.

* The quench of a hydrating serum.

* The bacterial protection + neutralization of a blemish treatment.

Unmask is a unique, ready to use mask that somehow manages to both clarify as well as hydrate the skin, leaving it supple, clear and glowing! As I mentioned above, Unmask contains some potent, thoughtfully chosen ingredients & I thought I’d tell you more about Niacinamide! Vitamin B3 or niacinamide is a water soluble vitamin that does sooo much for the skin! It improves the skin’s barrier function, reduces skin sensitivity as well as hyperpigmentation. It also promotes collagen synthesis and glycosaminoglycan production. According to some studies, it is thought that a lot of these skin benefits of niacinamide comes from its ability to increase the intracellular concentration of NADPH (cellular energy) which depletes with age. 

The second product in the box is Fine Cosmetics' Daytime Radiance Eye Serum (full size, $66). This is an elegantly ingenious eye serum - a true serum that is water based with ingredients like Persian silk tree extract, beet root extract, protective & firming ashwagandha extract, grape leaf extract, niacinamide, elderberry fruit extract, high molecular hyaluronic acid & more. I love how it de-puffs & firms my under eye region while deeply hydrating it. It also reduces dark circles & crow’s feet.

The Founder: Fine was started by Judith Springer who is a lawyer, with a PhD in sociology (on the connection of art & urban architectural upgrading!) AND she is is an art curator and trained yoga teacher. Judith captured the essence of Fine, when she said to me: “I am always looking for that special point where all is in perfect balance, where nothing can be added or taken away, the point of zero, of complete stillness”

One of the main ingredients in this wonderful eye serum is Persian silk tree extract or Albizia Julibrissin, an antioxidant which has powerful anti-glycation properties. The process of glycation involves the adherence of sugar molecules to the collagen & elastin proteins leading to loss of elasticity & firmness. This potent extract both prevents glycation & also breaks the binding of sugars to proteins thus reducing glycation effects. In addition to this, the Persian silk tree extract is also anti-inflammatory, evens skin tone, reduces dark circles & improves the texture of skin. 

The third product in this box is the Elemental Advanced Hydration Red Wine Essence (full size, $58). This is a beautiful lightweight essence but oh so much more than an essence! 

Elemental Red Wine essence is made in a base of organic red wine that is crafted in-house. The wine takes half a year to produce & harvest and is rich in polyphenols, resvertrol and gluconic acid. In addition to the red wine, the essence also contains soothing, hydrating aloe juice as well as coconut water that helps mineralize the skin, aka restore its mineral balance. Vitamin B3 strengthens the barrier function, balances the level of moisture in the skin, increasing the skin’s natural hydration. And then there is the red algae - a rich source of polysaccharides that is instantly hydrating due to its ability to enhance the skin’s natural barrier function and increase its moisture retention capabilities. This is such a wonderful multitasking product that works beautifully as your first step after cleansing (after your eye serum) to balance the pH of the skin while also deeply hydrating, strengthening, plumping and brightening the skin.

Overall Assessment: My full review is forthcoming, but I can tell you right now that these three products are truly swoon-worthy! 

*THIS IS A SUBSCRIPTION*  You will be charged immediately when you purchase. Automatic renewal occurs every two months until you cancel. Make sure to cancel before the 20th of the preceding month. The October Box will ship in August. The last date to subscribe is October 5.

To order your Boxwalla October Beauty Box visit: www.theboxwalla.com  

$49.95 (a $181.00 value) from Boxwalla (Affiliate Links).

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